MoI begins 3-month-long road safety drive for kids
dubai — With the beginning of the new academic year, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in collaboration with the Federal Traffic Council has launched a traffic awareness campaign titled ‘Return to School’ to help the student community comply with traffic rules.
The campaign, which will begin today, is the fourth campaign by the MoI in the recent years, and will last for three months.
Major-General Mohammed Saif Al Zafin, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police Operations and Chairman of the Federal Traffic Council, said in a press conference held at the Dubai Police Officers’ Club that this campaign is an embodiment of the Ministry of Interior’s strategy emanating from the Federal Government Strategy to achieve the highest levels of traffic safety for all public and private school students. He added that the strategic plan for the traffic sector in the Ministry of Interior also aims to control the roads, to enhance traffic safety and reduce traffic accidents and run-over accidents.
He added that school students in
different age groups and stages of education are considered a component of human development in the country, which has to be protected from potential dangers.
Major-General Al Zafin urged parents not to allow their children to sit in the front seats and advised motorists to stop away from the school gates to avoid congestion and traffic accidents.